Can a new MRI shortcut cut scan time without sacrificing quality?
NCT ID NCT04907487
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a technique called compressed sensing can speed up a specific type of brain MRI (QSM) without losing image quality. 82 people, including some with multiple sclerosis, had extra scan sequences added to their routine MRI. The goal was to see if the faster scans produce the same signal as the standard ones.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make brain MRI scans faster and more comfortable for patients while maintaining image quality.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed technical study focused on image quality, not on treating any disease. The results may not apply to all MRI machines or patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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82 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Two groups of patients will be included as part of this research protocol: * Group I: Patients with MS * Group II: Patients with an indication to undergo a brain MRI and at low risk of inflammatory CNS pathology, age and gender matched with group I.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: For patients with MS: * Patient over 18 years old * Presenting MS defined according to McDonald's revised criteria for spatial and temporal clinical or radiological dissemination \[16\], * Should benefit as part of the care of an MRI examination with or without injection of gadolinium * Express consent to participate in the study * Affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme For patients with an indication to undergo a brain MRI and at low risk of inflammatory CNS disease: * Patient over 18 years old * Should benefit as part of the care of an MRI examination with or without injection of gadolinium * Express consent to participate in the study * Affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * For patients with MS: * Patient benefiting from a legal protection measure * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman For patients with an indication to undergo a brain MRI and at low risk of inflammatory CNS disease: * Patient benefiting from a legal protection measure * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Patient with inflammatory and / or demyelinating pathology of the CNS Secondary exclusion criteria : * Motion artefact not allowing interpretation of images * Patient who did not perform one of the following sequences: 3D T1 TFE, 3D FLAIR (for MS patients), SWI QSM 1.0iso 8 echoes. Secondarily excluded patients will be replaced.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hhopital fondation adolphe de rothschild
Paris, Paris, 75019, France
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